What did your kids eat for Thanksgiving dinner?

[Anonymous]

Oh I love this thread!!!

I had a severe, severe picky eater. There are years where all he would have eaten was a roll and a glass of milk from the Thanksgiving spread.

It was a big deal when he was finally able to eat mashed potatoes.

And it took him years to by work up to a slice of turkey.

It took a lot of time and effort and acceptance, but he was finally able to happily and enthusiastically eat a complete Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, and a plate of leftovers on Friday. Everything! Stuffing and cranberry sauce and everything. And gravy!! He didn’t care for the sweet carrots so didn’t eat a lot of those.

And, he even looked forward to the meal. I’m so happy not just to have a child who eats every because he has to, but because he *wants* to.

[Anonymous]

Both of my kids (10 and 7) ate everything. This included:

Turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, whipped sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, and rolls. Both kids also had pumpkin pie with ice cream for dessert.

This was the first year this has ever happened! I was happy.

[Anonymous]

4 year old ate 1 bite of turkey, 1 bite of cranberry sauce, 2 bites of roll, and 3 large helpings of sweet potato casserole. Wouldn't touch stuffing, broccoli, green beans, or mashed potatoes.

8 year old ate a little of everything.

[Anonymous]

7 years old

A few bites of sweet potatoes and tons of mini marshmallows
2 bites turkey
2 bites stuffing
Many frozen peas
Pumpkin pie w/ ice cream
Sugar cookie

[Anonymous]

For those of you posting bite counts, are you actually watching your kids eat that closely? Or is that an estimate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just for fun. My 5 year old was a very picky toddler and is coming out of it finally. She had turkey, green beans, rolls, and cranberry sauce. Wouldn’t try stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies, or gravy. What did your kid(s) eat?

They eat what is served or they go hungry. I am not a short order cook.

[Anonymous]

5 year old tried at least a few bites of everything, but really loved the mashed potatoes, stuffing, and green beans (real ones, not green bean casserole). 1.5 year old is quite a bit pickier. But he too ate a bunch of mashed potatoes as well as a dinner roll. Picked at stuffing, wouldn’t touch green beans or turkey.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean? My kids (8 and 5) ate exactly what we ate. Not tons of everything, but at least one try-it bite. Traditional turkey dinner. They liked most of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just for fun. My 5 year old was a very picky toddler and is coming out of it finally. She had turkey, green beans, rolls, and cranberry sauce. Wouldn’t try stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies, or gravy. What did your kid(s) eat?

They eat what is served or they go hungry. I am not a short order cook.

Oh DCUM. You’re always so bitchy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean? My kids (8 and 5) ate exactly what we ate. Not tons of everything, but at least one try-it bite. Traditional turkey dinner. They liked most of it.

Thank you! You answered the question beautifully. That's exactly what is meant by "what did your child eat?"

Which foods didn't your children like?

[Anonymous]

Carbs and sugar! They were wired!

[Anonymous]

I love this thread too kids are funny we run around in circles for morning. Who knew such little fingers could hold so much weight?! : )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just for fun. My 5 year old was a very picky toddler and is coming out of it finally. She had turkey, green beans, rolls, and cranberry sauce. Wouldn’t try stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies, or gravy. What did your kid(s) eat?

They eat what is served or they go hungry. I am not a short order cook.

I think that many of us serve enough foods at Thanksgiving that a kid can make choices, without turning the parents into short order cooks.

[Anonymous]

Morning = nothing

[Anonymous]

Learn to read. Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk are not the same thing.